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Big or small, dense or empty, it's one thing they all share.<p>Galaxies come in all shapes and size, and NASA's best estimates indicate there are more than 200 billion of them in the observable universe. According to the latest findings from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research …

WASHINGTON — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization in recent weeks to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter. The order is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding records …

<b>(CNN) —</b> Spending a year in space not only changes your outlook, it transforms your gene expression.<p>Preliminary results from NASA's Twins Study reveal that 7% of astronaut Scott Kelly's genetic expression -- how his genes function within cells -- did not return to baseline after his return to Earth …

President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements, according to five people with knowledge of the plans, preparing to deliver yet another jolt to the senior ranks of his administration.<p>Trump is now comfortable with …

Vanessa Haydon Trump filed for divorce from Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump's eldest son, in a Manhattan court on Thursday afternoon.<p>The divorce is not contested, meaning the president's daughter-in-law, a former model and actress, does not expect a fight over the couple's assets or …

<b>Gina Haspel, the newly appointed first-ever female director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is a career intelligence officer with more than 30 years experience.</b><p>Controversially, she ran a prison in Thailand where suspected al-Qaeda members were tortured by waterboarding in 2002.<p>The …

<b>The president's long-time personal aide John McEntee has been fired by the White House, according to US media.</b><p>Mr McEntee, who served as an aide since early in the campaign, was reportedly escorted by security and was not permitted to collect his belongings.<p>President Donald Trump's re-election …

<b>US housing secretary Ben Carson "picked out" an expensive office dining set, despite an aide's claim he didn't know about the purchase, agency emails show.</b><p>When the agency's purchase of a $31,000 (£22,000) furniture set was revealed, Mr Carson said he was "surprised" by the cost and was cancelling …

<b>Students and school staff across the US are planning to commemorate the Florida school shootings with a walkout, exactly one month after the killings.</b><p>Organisers have called on them to stop lessons for 17 minutes in memory of the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a former …

<b>United Airlines has accepted "full responsibility" for a dog's in-flight death after a flight attendant put the pet in the overhead locker.</b><p>"This was a tragic accident that should never have happened," the airline said.<p>The French bulldog died during a flight from Houston to New York on …

<b>A special congressional election in Pennsylvania has given President Donald Trump a bloody nose and offers some key lessons for both parties.</b><p>The final results aren't in yet - Democrat Conor Lamb clings to a lead of around 500 votes out of more than 200,000, with a few thousand absentee ballots left …

<b>China's National People's Congress is in full swing with dozens of choreographed press conferences on the sidelines. From screening questions to blocking posts, Communist Party officials use these events to manage the message but even in this highly-controlled environment things can spin out of</b> …

<b>The deadline set by the UK government for Moscow to explain how a Russian-made nerve agent was used to poison a former double agent has now passed.</b><p>Focus now shifts to what steps Theresa May will take against Russia following the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury.<p>Russia …

<b>US President Donald Trump sacks Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with CIA chief Mike Pompeo</b><p><i>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.</i>

<b>The first major vote of 2018 - the Texas primary - saw a surge in women candidates and a million Democrats turn out. What does it tell us about the state of US politics in a crucial election year?</b><p>"Historically, those in the White House have a little bit of a dip," President Trump acknowledged this …

<b>South Korean envoys will bring a private message to the US from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un when they meet in Washington later this week, according to reports.</b><p>They were given the undisclosed message on Monday when meeting Mr Kim in rare talks in Pyongyang, local media say.<p>It is not clear …

<b>The EU has condemned US plans for tough tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, saying they jeopardise European jobs.</b><p>EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom set out plans to retaliate against the proposed US tariffs.<p>These include higher import duties on bourbon, peanut butter, cranberries, orange …

Having Jared Kushner and his wife, Ivanka, Trump’s daughter, working in the White House is a case study of nepotism gone nuts<p>Despite its fame, The Apprentice is not the reality television show that best explains Donald Trump’s presidency. To understand what’s going on in the White House, tune into …

If you took a look at all the galaxies in the Universe, measured where all the matter you could detect was, and then mapped out how these galaxies were moving, you’d find yourself quite puzzled. Whereas in the Solar System, the planets orbit the Sun with decreasing speed the farther away from the …

Here's how contentious the wind industry has become in Oklahoma: When a state representative discovered a GPS tracker on his pickup truck late last year, he immediately suspected the industry, in an allegation straight out of a political thriller.<p>"I pissed off a huge corporation," Rep. Mark McBride …

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys he is willing to negotiate with the United States on abandoning his country’s nuclear weapons, officials from the South said Tuesday. Mr. Kim also said he would suspend all nuclear and missile tests while such …

Over two months before the 2016 presidential election, the head of British intelligence flew to Washington to brief then-CIA Director John Brennan on intercepted communications between the Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Russian government, according to a report from the New …